Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to Star in New HBO Pilot

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will soon star in a new half-hour HBO pilot, marking the actor/wrestler's first starring TV role.

According to Deadline, the untitled dramedy chronicles the lives of athletes (some retired some still active) living in Miami. Johnson will exec produce the project alongside his Pain and Gain co-star Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levison, with Peter Berg (Battleship, Friday Night Lights) on-board to direct the pilot. Levison wrote the script.

It may come as no surprise that the idea for the show stemmed from Johnson and Wahlberg's collaboration together on Pain and Gain, which centered on a couple of bodybuilders also in Miami.

Production is slated for the fall, and the search for a showrunner is now underway.

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